How Wembanyama’s clutch 3-Point shot echoes Stephen Curry’s magic
Victor Wembanyama created the kind of NBA playoff moment that immediately drags history into the present. The San Antonio Spurs star hit a 28-foot three against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, tying the game at 108-108 in overtime.
Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Victor Wembanyama created the kind of NBA playoff moment that immediately drags history into the present. The San Antonio Spurs star hit a 28-foot three against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, tying the game at 108-108 in overtime. San Antonio then beat Oklahoma City 122-115 in double overtime, taking a 1-0 series lead and turning Wembanyama’s shot into the defining image of the opener.
The Stephen Curry comparison was instant, obvious and fair. It was also incomplete. Victor Wembanyama turned a Stephen Curry echo into his own moment Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Curry’s famous Oklahoma City shot in 2016 still sits near the centre of modern NBA memory.
He pulled up from absurd range in overtime, stunned the Thunder crowd, and gave the league one of the clearest images of his influence. The NBA later looked back on Stephen Curry’s 2016 winner as one of the signature moments of his career. That is why Wembanyama’s shot instantly carried the same visual charge.
Same city. Same opponent. Same overtime tension.
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